The Abbott-Baynes Scud 1 was a parasol-winged single seat glider intended to introduce pilots to soaring flight.

[1][3] Compared with them, the Scud's light weight and short span, combined with wing-tip and fuselage hand holds, made it easy for four people to carry on the ground.

[2][3] The Scud's wooden cantilever parasol wing had constant chord over about 60% of its span, with some taper outboard particularly on the trailing edge.

[3] All three all-moving, wood-framed and fabric-covered tail surfaces were identical and interchangeable, making the rudder appear unusually tall.

[2] The fuselage was also a wooden structure, square in section and built around four ash longerons but unusually orientated with one diagonal vertical.

[3] Contemporary accounts emphasised the ease with which the Scud with its two piece wing and readily removable tail surfaces could be dismantled for transport.